var http_request = false;
function makeRequest(url, parameters) {
  http_request = false;
  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
	 http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
	 if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
		// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
		//http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
		http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
	 }
  } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
	 try {
		http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
	 } catch (e) {
		try {
		   http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
		} catch (e) {}
	 }
  }
  if (!http_request) {
	 alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
	 return false;
  }
  http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
  http_request.open('GET', url + parameters, true);
  http_request.send(null);
}

function alertContents() {
  if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
	 if (http_request.status == 200) {
		//alert(http_request.responseText);
		result = http_request.responseText;
		document.getElementById('myspan').innerHTML = result;            
	 } else {
		alert('There was a problem with the request.');
	 }
  }
}

function get(obj) {
  var getstr = "?";
  for (i=0; i<obj.childNodes.length; i++) {
	 if (obj.childNodes[i].tagName == "INPUT") {
		if (obj.childNodes[i].type == "text") {
		   getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
		}
		if (obj.childNodes[i].type == "checkbox") {
		   if (obj.childNodes[i].checked) {
			  getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
		   } else {
			  getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=&";
		   }
		}
		if (obj.childNodes[i].type == "radio") {
		   if (obj.childNodes[i].checked) {
			  getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
		   }
		}
	 }   
	 if (obj.childNodes[i].tagName == "SELECT") {
		var sel = obj.childNodes[i];
		getstr += sel.name + "=" + sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].value + "&";
	 }
	 
  }
  makeRequest('submitpicks2.php', getstr);
}